playing defense there. ohio, six times in the final six days. that's a state the democrats look like they are up in the polls. why is the president spending so much time there it's a american fire wall for him if he can lock down ohio, wisconsin, as well as iowa. republic case on that is, look, he is playing defense in states he should have locked up oa while ago, the democratic response to all of that is why is mitt romney in virginia and florida states that the republicans thought they already had. >> shepard: ed life in las vegas. thanks very much. the new jersey officials say they will make special accommodation to make sure folks in the state can still cast their ballots. it's unclear how many of new jersey's 3,000 polling stations even have electricity or for that matter are still standing will state will extend the mail in county ballots county clerks office in all weekend. deploy military truck once tuesday and some of those truck also be used as mobile polling places. folks along the jersey shore getting a sense of how much damage the s